Apparatus for utilizing the hydraucone action of water.



W. M. WHITE. A APPARATUS FOR unuzmams HYDRAUCONE ACTION OF WATER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,19l5- RENEWED JAN. 25, 19l7- 1 223,843, A A Patented Aprfi24, 1917.

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22) I r I A W, M. WHITE.

APPARATUS FOR UTILIZiNG THE HYDRAUCONE ACTION OF WAIER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. m5 RENEWED mwzs. l9i7.

' 1,223,843. Patented Apr. 24c, 1917.

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w. M. WHITE. APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE HYDRAUCONE ACTION OF WATER.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,19l5- RENEWED Patenml Apr. 2%, 1917.

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E STATES ATENT OFFICE.

'WILLIAM M. WHITE. OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING Application fi led July 8, 1915, Serial 110. 38,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, VVILLIAM M. 'm'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee .and State of 'isconsin, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Utilizing the Hydraucone Acfrom velocityby utilizing what I have' termed the hydraucone action of water as hereinafter described.

The invention further designs to provide a more im )roved means for changing the direction 0 water flowing through a closed conduit than that shown in my. copending applications Serial Nos. 769,791, filed May-26 1913 and 771.527 and 774,528 both filed June 19" 1913.

The invention further designs to provide a device of the character described in combination with a flaring tube to regain pressure from velocity of water.

The invention further designs to utilize this h \'draucone action of water in a chamber for regaining pressure from velocity.

The invention further designs-to provide a device for changing the direction of a body of water flowing through a closed con dnit in as short-a distance as possible and with re ain ot' nessure froinh'elocitv bv' utilizing thehydraucone action of water in power plant construction. where the cost and difliculty in excavation beneath the power house for the draft tube are, im-

portant factors. The invention further designs to provide a means fol-changing dis"- tl'n-bed flow of water into smooth flow, for the purpose of securing the greatest. regain of pressure fl'()ll l\el() ('.l t- \Z The invention. consists in theseveral features hereinafter fbrth and-more par-.1

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

THE HYDRAUCONE ACTION OF WATER.

Patented Apr. 24,1917. Benewed'lanuary 25, 1917. Serial No. 144,549.

ticularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a free hydraucone Fig. 2 is a section through a hydraucone chamber; 7

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. I;

Fig. 4 is a section through a hydrancone regainer, showing the collectii'ig chamber located at the discharge of the colloidal chamber;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 6' is a sectional view through a hydrancone elbo Fig. 7 shows the application of a hydraua cone elbow and regainer to a water power plant, and

Fig. 8 shows a modified forin of application of the vhydraucon'e to a water power plant Before entering'into a detailed description of the invention, I shall describe and explain what'I have termed the hydraucone action of water. \Vhen a stream of water impinges against a flat surface, the wateris deflected therefrom in all directionsand in its deflection assumes a certain well defined shape. By the term hydraucone action of water, I mean that action of the 'water'which occurs asthe stream impinges against a surface and is deflected therealong.

I have. found by actual experiment that water impinging against a surface -fo'rms itself into .a. frusto-conoidal shape on,said surface and, in the case of a free smooth circular jet impinging upon a plane surface, at right angles to' the axis of the jet; the shape of the outer. surface of the conoi-df is symmetrical about the axis of the jet in the direction of flowpand the radius of curvatureof' the outer surface of the conoid is substantiallythe samev dimension as the radius'ofthe men al-jet; the thickness of the stream, as it issues radially in all directions from the base of the conoidal body is such asto give substantially the same cross-secments symmetrical about the axis of the h vj I trance of thediydra-ucone through-the plane A. -B, the velocity isa maximum and the pressure is a min mum. Along noted isthat the. velocities and pressur particles of water moving along the I ladraucone at points diametricallyopposite each other are the same.

In the case of a circular jet, shown in'Fig. 1, the stream of water issues from a pipe A, falls through a distance and strikes a plate B. The hydraucone is shown by the ing a plane passed through the streain at right angles to the jet and at a point just beforethe impinging action is apparent. In considering any plane parallel to the plate 'as G-H, I find that the velocities and'thepressures in t-hefilaments lying in thatplane and which areequidistant from the center of the jet are substantially equal, e., the pressure and velocity at a, is equal to the pres sure and velocity at (1. This is also true" of the pressuresand velocities-in the-plane coincident with the plate' Tho'uglr the-velocities and the pressures of the filaments equidistant from the axis of the jet are equal, under the conditions imposed above, the velocities and pressures of the filaments at different distances from-the axis throughout'any plane, Sych as G H, are unequal, the

velocity at b is greater than that 'at a,

and the pressure at b is less than that at .a, and the pressure decreases from the center ofthe 'hydraucone to the outer surface. as the ve-locity increases.

Another action of the hydrauc'one to be ments of stream flow, represented by the curved. lines drawn through the points a" and .b, are constantly changing through- 'out:their;- course through the hydraucone. .55

from point of entrance, through the plane AfB, pointof exit At enac'ommon path normal to the paths "ofall of the filaments of -flow, represented by the .line "0;. v p

7 hydraulc-onew When the free-hydraucone is d, the. pressures are greatest-an the; ve-

locities least. thefdis'char'ge. rom jthe hydraucone" the pressu'resthave reconpressures of the filaments a! How have been restored to substantially what they were at entrance to the hydrauconc through. the plane AB. This is true for all the filaments, except those at the surface where the velocity continues the same as the velocity of the jet, and those at the axis of the jet where the velocity gradually changes into pressure until at the point c where it strikes the plate the velocity equals zero, and the pressure is equal to the velocity head of the jet.

It will be noted that a considerable pressure is maintained at the center of the base of the conoidal mass although the surface of the conoidis at atmospheric pressure or at least the same pressure as the surface of the free jet. This pressure is maintained by the verted into velocity, and the velocities and 6-5 action recited above and by the counter' filaments of flow, will be equal to the pressure at center of the base of the conoidal mass. i

A further experimental discussion and explanation of the action of water impinging on a plate will be found in The Journal 0/ the Association of Engineefing Societies", vol. 27, p. 39.

In the hydraucone action of water it was found that at the planes CD and E'-l the stream lines of water across these planes were flowing at substantially equal velocities.

'- The hydraucone action of Water also illustrates the action of water in turningthrough the shortest possible angle and flowing directly awayfrom the turning surface without additional pressure and unnecessary loss,

Having in mind the hydraucone action of the water it occurred to me to-utilize the hy-' dra'.\ 1cone, its characteristics. and shape in connection with devices. for regaining pressure from velocity, so that I could make this regain in the shortest pomible-distance meas-- ured in the direction ofthe inflowing stream. To accomplish these purposes a. conoidal chamber, having an" axial inlet and a radial outlet adjacent the impinging surface was formed for inclosing the water undergoing this action. I '4 The conoidal walls of the chamber were made to i'nclose a greater volume than that required to correspond to the shape of a free inclosed in a 'conoidal chamber the v friction of the Water along the col oidal walls, re

tards the velocity of the outer filaments of the water and the pressure exerted by the centrifugal force of these filaments of water, in changing their direction, is decreased. The reason the conoidal chamber was increased in capacity over that capacity corre spondiug to a free hydraucone was to cause a pressure. to be exerted by the centrifugal force of the added filaments of water to compensate for the decrease-in pressure due to the decreastal velocity of the filaments as outlined above. In other words, I maintain a summation of pressures along a line normal to the curved paths of the filaments of flow through the inclosed lrydraucone. equal to the velocity head of the stream at entrance to the chamber. In this way I maintain a pressure along the conoidal wall sub stantially equal to the pressure along the surface of the stream at entrance to the inclosed hydraucone.

The decrease. in the velocity of the stream filaments along the conoidal walls also made it necessary to provide. in the discharge from the conoidal chamber. a greater capacity than the corresponding capacity of discharge front a free hydrant-one; in order to preserve the same decrease in pressure from center of base to exit along the base of the inclosed l\ \'(l1t\llt'0llt as exits along the base of the free hydrauconc: consequently the distance from the lower face of the conoidal wall to the surface of the impinged plate was increased over the corresponding distance of the free hydraucone. 4

lly making the capacity of the inclosing conoidal chamber greater in amount. as stated abovc.'than that required to correspond to the form of a tree h vdraucone. I maintain substantiallv equal pressure along the conoidal walls from entrance to discharge. In other words. it may be'said that I maintain normal conditions of How, and have produced an inclosed hydraucone having the same cha racteristics as a free hydraupressure of the surface of the stream at en-.

trance. I formed another conoidal chamber. which I have termed the hyd ancon'e' regainer byforlning the walls of this cham her of slightly increasingly greater capacity in the direction of flow than the Walls provided for containing the inclosed hydraucone, and thus providing an angle of divergence of thewalls of the chai'nber from that of the natural shape of the inclosed hydraucone, substantially the same as the angle of diver-genceoi' the walls of a Venturi tube having good etliciency, and thus caused the velocity of the water to be checked in the greater capacity provided, with consequent regain of pressure, in accordance with Bernouilli's law.

As a further requirement for the regain of pressure from velocity the discharge outlet from. the conoidal chamber was gradually increased from that of an inclosed hydraucone to form the walls of the outlet of slightly increasingly greater capacity in the direction of How for regain through the discharge on the same principle as the Yenturi tube.

By means of the hydraucone chamber of increasingly greater capacity than that re quired for an incloscd hydrauconc having characteristics of a free hydrant-one; I, was enabled to regain pressure from velocity with good efficiency in a short distance. measured in the direction of the motion of the water at the entrance. to the chamber; which has a useful application in water power plants, and other useful applications.

The results outlined above may be obtained to a modified extent by shaping the base of the conoidal chamber either concave. convex or angularly inclined. provided that the inclosing walls be made of greater capacity than that corresponding to the surface of the free hydraucone formed by the stream impinging upon the modified form of base and provided that due allowance he made for the effect of decrease of velocity dlle to the friction of the water on the surface of the conoidal chamber as recited. and the inclosing walls be made to slightly diverge for the purpose. as stated.

Conforming to the'ahove requirements for adapting. a free hydraucone to the purposes set forth. l have shown in Fig. 1a hydraucoue chamber In. of gradually increasing capacity, having a conoidal shaped wall 11. circular inlet .12. plate 13. aml annular dis charge It, from which the water is deflected in all directions.

The curvature of the walls 11 bears such fatio to the dian'ieter of the inlet that the water will cling to the outer surface of the chamber 'and not reccde and form a free lrvdraueone within the chamber. That tilament of pressure at the center of the supply .pipe'22 flows substantially to the center of the, de-fl'ectiiig plate at It). and in passing therethrough its pressure is gradually increased and its velocity is decreased to practic'ally zero at the point 16, but as it is defiected from that point along the plate and' passes from higher to lower pressures, its velocity is increased so that-the energy of the particleremains substantially constant. By means of the hydraucone I am causing the Water to be turned by pressure than within and by turning the water in a rections I avoid difference of centrifu i force on adjacent filaments of stream flow, f equal radii, so that I avoid cross currents which cause eddies and whirls and a loss of energy. By means of'thehydraucone chamber I am enabled to change the direction of the water in closed conduits with less loss of energy than has heretofore been, attained,

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and through shorter distance measured in the direction of motion of the inflowing stream than has been done heretofore. lVith this general. shape, shown in Fig. 2, as a basis, numerous devices may be evolved therefrom and combined therewith to aceomplish theYobjects of this invention.

In Figs. 3 and 4, I have illustrated a devicefor"utilizing thehydraucone action of water which I term the hydraucoue regainer, and which may be used to good advantage in connection with centrifugal pumps where .the high velocity of water discharged from the volute casing may be transformed into pressure for useful work in a short distance measured in the direction of motion of the water as it leaves the pump casing. This has ausefiil application in large pumping plants where the piping within the station is necessarily limited to the walls of the station and short turns are necessary in connection with centrifugal pumps: Bends made with the usual form of elbow pf unvarying cross-section cause the velocity head discharged from the pump to be dissipated in whirls and eddies. \A further and IIlOlG' complete discussion of the disadvantages ofthe elbow of unvarying cross-section .will befound by reference to my copending-appli- 19 15; The device of Figs. 3 and 1 consists v of a'hydraucone chamber 25 having conoidal I walls 26, an inlet 27, an impingingsurfavce, a flat plate portion 28 which-is spaced a ay from the conoidal walls of-the chamber to forman'annular dischar e 31, 31, 31, opening radiiill capacity 'in the direction offlow to cause -radius of curvature of the conoi dal' wallsthe regain, of. pressure from velocity. The "area of the annular discharge,31 is .made greater than the area at entrance 27 and the 26 is such as will provide a conoidal chainelbows.

section.

ber of slightly increasin ly greater capacity than that required for tie shape of the inclosed hydraucone as previously described. With this chamber-of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of flow, the water is turned with reatest pressure at the smallest possible ang ewithout internal disturbance and its vetooity is gradually decreased with a resulting increase in pressure.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a means for utilizing the hydraucone action of water in an elbow for the purpose of changing the direction of water in a closed conduit with short radius of curvature with less loss than exists with the present form of short radius This device consists of conoidal walls 35 flaring outwardly in the direction of How from the inlet 36 to form a hydraucone chamber 37 provided with. a deflecting plate 38 located across the discharge 39 ad jacent the curved'walls and withinthe bend, the curved walls extending overand around the plates forming with it a dumber having adischarge at right angles [Jo-entrance, the plate being spaced from the end of the elbow and from its bottom to form a continuous passage -10 therearound and there beneath, the discharge 41 communicating with the discharge end 42 of the elbow. By the formation of the hydraucone within the elbow 'the water is caused to change its direction in a short space without the disturbing effects produced by the difference in pressures caused by the ccntrifiugal force of the water in an elbow of unvarying cross- One of the most important objects ofiny invention, as I have stated, is the employment of the inclosed hydraucone in power plant construction. Here it has useful application with water wheels, and parucn- 0 larly water wheels of the single runner. we rtical Francistype. In plants using this type of wheel, the runners are usually of large capacity, handling large volumes of water, so that the conduits from the runner have of necessity to be of large dimensions. Inorder toturn the water through such a conduit and discharge it into the tail race or. discharge it from underneath the 'power house suchcurved conduit requires expensive excavation for instalment. By use of the inclosed hydraucone, I am enabled to avoid losses whichoccur in curved conduits of un-' varying cross-section and 'regain pressure; from velocity with high efficiency and at the 0 same time avoid expensive excavation, since I'am regaining pressure from velocity with in a short distance below the water ,Wheel runner. My preferred form of conoidal' chamber for this purpose is one of grad- "12a ually increasing-capacity from that 'of' an "inclosed free hydraucone such as will propreviously set forth, and a substantially fiat plate forming the base of the chamber below the dlscharge and extending beyond the clntinber. said plate being disposed in a collecting;chamber which is located at and around the outlet from the conoidal chamher for the pin-pose of collecting watel and permitting it to he discharg-d ovet; andunder said plate and from (IN' sidi'; of the conoidal chamber. This preferred shape is substantially the same as the h draucone elbow previously described, but, is preferably made of concrete in power plant construction and forms a section of the conduit. This h \'draucone elbow above de scribed may he used to advantage in combination with the discharge conduits from a water wheel. where I may employ a straight section of conduit. or a flaring section increasing in capacity in the direction of flow. either of which forms of sections are coaxial with that of the hydraucone chamber and the axis of rotation of the runner and either a straight section or flaring section increasing in capacity in 'the direction of flow atthe' discharge end of the elbow. in Fig. 7 I ha ve'shown one of the forms outlined above. in which the hydrant-one elbow may be used in a water power plant. The water wheel runner discharges into a vertically extending section of receiving conduit 5L'increasing in capacity in the direction of flow, which conduit is flared at its end into a hydrant-one chamber 52 and is provided with an annular discharge outlet 53 from the hydrant-one, a substantially flat plate 54 forming the base'of said hydraucone. a collecting chamber 55 surrounding said-plate and communicating with said chamber and which causes the water to How over, around and under said deflecting plateand an outlet 5'6 communicating with the chamber 55 at an angle to the chamber 52. which outlet communicates with a discharge passage 57 of increasing capacity in the direction of 'fiow" through the discharge to the tail-water at- 58. It is to be noted that the chamber 52, outlet 53, plate 54. collecting chamber 55, outlet 56, form a hydraucone elbow similar to that shown in Figs. 4 and 5 but, in concrete. It is to be understood that the structure shown in concrete in Fig. 7 could be constructed from sections of pipe and that a straight section could be used above and communicating with the receiving conduit 51.

. I Another form of the device, Fig.'-8, is the flaringof the endof the discharge pipe 60,

63 of increasing capacity connecting "with;

the discharge 6* of the conoidal chamber, and a collecting chamber 65 located around the plate so that the water discharged from the hydralu-one would pass out, around and above. said plate.

These devices have useful application in water power plants, for the reason that they ati'ord a means of regaining pressure from velocity: first. in the flaring section of pipe from the runner: second.-in the hydraucone regainer as described; third. regaining velocity in the radially extending passage or discharge from the hydraucone; and fourth, a further regain of velocity in the expanding passage connecting with the collecting cham- 'Nt'. By this method I am enabled to turn the water from the water wheel runner at substantially right angles from its direction at discharge without loss due to eddies and whirls amtdischarge it into the tail race, and regain pressure from velocity with the greatest efficiency and by turning it through the shortest possible angle at which it will flow away without disturhanceand unnecessaryi losses. avoid expensive excavation.

The water d isclnrrged from a water wheel runner is in a greatly.disturbed state. due to the friction of the guide vanes. the shock which it encounters at entrance to the runner vanes. and to the friction along the numerous wheel vanes. due also to the disturbing action of pressures and counterpressnres within the runner.' in order to regain pressure from velocity with good effect. it is essential that the water he fiowin in substantially parallel stream lines of equal velocity application. Serial No. 19th. 1915.

It has been stated above that the energy 22232, tiled pril in the wate" entering the'hydraucone is.

changed from velocity at entrance to pressure at the base and again changed from pressure at the base into velocity atthe discharge from the hydraucone.

The energy of thewater discharged from the water wheel in "velocity is transformed into pressure at the base of the hydraucone. This transformation of velocitylnto pressure destroys the eddies, whirls and rhs 'tu'rbed condition of the water, conserves the energy of these eddies and whirls which, otherwise. would not only go to waste, but would prevent proper regain of pressure from velocity in any other form of regaining device.

, The energy of the water at the base of. the

hydraucone is again transformed into velocitv, but the eddieshaving been dissipated,

the water flow from the hydradcone in parallel streams is in proper condat ion for greatest re am of pressure fromvelocity in the .radia 1y expanding passage, as described.

as set forth in my copending I have mentioned an annular outlet for the discharge of the water from the conical conduits and .conoidal chambers, but I do not limit myself toa' ('ontinuo11s ammlar openingzby an annular opening. tinder this specification. 1 mean an opening of essentially greater dimension circmnterentially than axially, and-especially such an opening as will permit the water to be discharged radially to the axis of the water wheel and permit of reasonably close proximity of, the ends of the said conduits and said conoidal chamber. and at the same time accommodatethe water discharged from the water wheel.

In the drawings. I have shown the hydraucone chamber with flat bottom for an impinging surface. but such impinging surface may be conical. convex or concave. but is preferably concentric with the axis of the entering stream. The shape of the free hydrat-tcone may be dilierent depending upon the particular form of base used. I make the walls of the chamber to a .sha'pe which provides an inclosed conoidal chamher and preferably of slightly increasingly greater capacity in'thc direction of llow than that required to conform to the shape of the free hydraiicone which would tend .to form on impact with the particular form Some beneficial etlcct is ob-' of base used. t'ained when the walls of the int-losing tlltllnbtl are such as to provide an-outlet froln'the conoidal chamber of greater atpacity than the inlet at the apex. even though the walls be not made of slightly increasinglygreater capacity throughout the entirelength of the conoida-l chamber.

The invention thus exemplifies first. the utilization of what I have termed the hydraucone action of water. by forming a chanjlwr' for the water undergoing this action. the capacity of which chamber is slightly increased from that of a free hydraucone to Jprovide forthe friction of water next to the walls of the (llfllllbtl so that a h 'draucone with all the character- ,istics' of a tree hydraucone may be mainv tamed therein; second, by furtherincreasing the capacity of this inclosed hydraucone chamber and yet preserve the hydraucone action of-the water therein, to. regain pressure from velocity; third. as a consequence of the formation of this chamber by increasing the distance of the walls ot'the chamber from the'defiecting plate to form a dischang'e of greater capacity than that of entrapcetothe chamber (a) to accommodate for the friction of the water and (5).

to cause a. further regain of pressure and (c) a discharge of the Water-from the chum ber in stream lines 'of substantially. equalvelocity; andkfourth, by forming the chamber as above described to turn the water through a smalbanglewithout lossldue to such form as to cause the water to be dis; charged trout it preferably axially to the rotation of the. runner. and I mean especiallywany hydraulic.power apparatus which may be used with my invention for the accomplishment of the results claimed. (-lne type of a water wheel in the meaning of the specification 'and claims is illustrated in the drawings.

I claim:

1. hydrant-one chamber for the purpose described. formed by a casing ha\'ing"co noidal walls in increasingly greater crt'isssectionalarca in the direction ot'llow than that required to inclosc a free hydrant-tale. substantially as described.

2. In a conduit. the combination of a-casing having side walls shaped to t'ornra t'rusto-conoidal chamber. a deflecting plate forming thebottom of said chamber. said walls being spaced from said' plate to form a discharge outlet for the water in said chamber whereby the direction of tlow of the water passing from the open end to the bottom of tht chamber is changed fi'om axial to radial without unnecessary losses. and issues from said discharge in stream lines oi" substantially equal velocity. substantially as described.

3. Asa device. conoidal walls inclosing a,

casing having an axial entranceand side walls shaped to fornra frusto-coiioidal chamber. a deflecting plate forming the bottom of said chamber. said walls being of slightly increasingly greater capacity than that required to inclose a hytlraucone and being spaced away from said plate to form a discharge outlet of greater capacity than that at entrance, whereby .the direction of flow of the'water is changed from axial'to radial without unnecessary losses and for the regain; of pressure from velocity, substantially as described. i

The combi'nat'tomwith a frusto-conoi da'l, chamber and a plate disposed adjacent thereto against which the- .'water passing through said chamber impinges and is directed radially therefrom in all directions, of a collecting chamber surrounding said plate and communicating with said conoidal chamber. substantially as described.

(i. The combination. with-a frusto-conoidal chamber of slightly increasingly greater capacity than that required to inclose a free lrrdraucone and a plate disposed adjacent thereto against which the water passing through said chamber impinges and is directed radially therefrom in all directions. of a collcctillg chamber surrounding said plate and munmunicating with said conoidal chamber. whereby the pressure of the water in the collecting chamber is increased and its \elocity decreased. substantially as described.

T. The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including a frusto-conoidal chamber. a plate disposed adjacent thereto against which the water passing through said chamber impinges and from which it is deflected. and a collecting chamber surroumling said plate and communicating with said conoidal chamber. substantially as described.

8. The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including a hydraucone regainer. and a collecting chamber for said regainer. substantially as described.

5 The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel includinga frusto-conoidal chamber. a collecting chamber located below and communicating with said conoidal chamber. and a plate disposed in said collecting chamber adjacent said frusto-conoidal chamber for the regain of pressure from velocity as described.

10. The combination. with a frusto-conoidal chamber and a plate disposed adjacent thereto against which the. water passing through said chamber impinges. said chamber ha ring outlets adjacent said plate. of a collecting chamber of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of How communicating with said outlet and having an outlet for discharging water therefrom. substantially as described.

11. A hydraucone elbow comprising a frusto-conoidal chamber forming the entrance to the elbow. a collecting chamber forming the bend and the discharge of the elbow, and a plate surrounded by said collecting chamber and disposed adjacentsaid frusto-conoidal chamber, whereby the water will be made to turn the bend without m1- necessary losses, substantially as described.

12. A hydraucone elbow comprising a hydraucone regainer and a collecting chamber from said regainer forming the bend of the elbow, substantially as described.

13. The combination. with a section of conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of How. of a h \'draucone elbow for the purpi'ises described.

ii. The combination. with a section l conduit ot' gradually increasing capacity in the dire tion oi iiow. of a h \draucone elbow comnumicating with the discharge tiom said conduit. aml a section of conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of flow communicating with the discharge irom said elbow. substantially as described.

1.). The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including a h \'draucone elbow. substantially as described. i

1c. The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including a section of conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of How and a lr drancone elbow communicating with said section. substantially as described.

17. The combination. with a water wheel. of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including asection of conduit of: gradually increasing capacity in. the direction of How. a h \'draucone elbow communicat-ing with the discharge from said section. and a section of gradually increasing capacity in thefdirection of flow communicating with the discharge from said elbow. substantiall as described.

18. The combination of a closed conduit and a hydraucone regainer.-

1!). The combination with a hydraulic apparatus. of a hydraucone regainer communicating with the discharge end thereof.

20. The combination with awater wheel. of a hydraucone regainer communicating with the discharge end of said water wheel.

21. The combination with a water wheel,

.of a hydraucone regainer communicating with the discharge end of said wheel, and a conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of flow communicating with the discharge end of said regainer.

22. The combination with a water Wheel. of a conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of flow, a collecting chamber below said conduit and having an outlet. a deflecting surface disposed in said chamber adjacent the end of said conduit to form an annular inlet to said chamber, and a conduit of gradually increasing capacity in the direction of flow communicatlng with the outlet to said chamber.

23. In combination with a water wheel. a

conoidal chamber located at the discharge of the runner of said water wheel. the. walls of said conoidal chamber curved outward to substantially 'adial, and a deflecting plate projected across the enlarged end of said conoidal chamber, said chamber having an annular discharge opening adjacent said plate, the radius of curvature of the conoidal wall being slightly greater than that of a free hydraucone, \v hel e'by velocity of water discharged from the water wheel runner may be changed to lower velocity and greater pressure at the discharge from the hydraucone, substantially as described. V

24:. In combination with a water wheel, a discharge passage increasing in capacity in the direction of flow, a deflecting plate projected across the end of said passage, a collecting chamber connecting with said discharge passage and inclosing and surrounding said deflecting plate, a discharge .conduit from said chamber, whereby the water from the water wheel may be deflected from axial to substantially radial flow along, over, around and under said plate, sa'id collecting chamber having a side outlet to discharge the water deflected by said plate substair.

tially as described.

25. In combination with a Water wheel,

a discharge passage increasing in cap'acity in the direcuun of flow, a deflecting plate projected across the end of said passage, :1 collecting chamber connecting'with said discharge passage and inclosing andsurrounding said deflecting plate, a discharge conduit gradually increasing in capacity in the direction of flow connecting with said collecting chamber, whereby the water from the water wheel may be deflected fromjlxial to substantialli radial flow along, over and around said plate and into said discharge conduit for the regain of pressure from ve locity, substantially as described.

26. As a device, conoidal walls inclosing a chamber having a substantially circular inlet and a substantiall annular out let, the radius of curvature of the conoidal walls being such as to maintain within the chamber reactions of a free hydraucone. said annular outlet being of less area than the cross-Ysectiomd area n'ieasured at substantially night angles to the stream line of flow of the water of an intermediate portion of said chamber.

27. Thecombination, with a water wheel, of a discharge conduit leading from said wheel including a frusto-conoidal chamber having a substantially annular outlet, said annular outlet being of less area than the cross-sectional area measured at substantially right angles to the stream line of flow of the water of an intermediate. portion of said 'fru'sto-conoidal chamber.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 2nd day of July, 1915.

WILLIAM M. 'l-ll'llfi. Witnesses:

T. D. BUTLER, H. C. JACOBS. 

